Basically what I'm looking for here is an easy to understand explanation of what textrels are, why they are bad, and why they should hold back marking a package stable. The only information I've been able to find states that they could cause a performance hit, but this doesn't seem to warrant banning them completely in my eyes.
Getting a clear cut policy on exactly what issues should hold a package back
from being marked stable is what I'm looking for. Issues like textrels,
executable stacks, etc is what I'm looking for to be defined and explained why
we are to always avoid them. This should be added to existing documentation
policy so it is somewhere for new devs to know about, and existing devs to
have for a reference.
Thanks
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